Recent content by Jack_0106

Works for me - 1:1 sugar to warm water to dissolve. For a pale ale I'll go with 100g sugar and 100ml water. Let it cool a bit and add it to my bottling bucket then rack wort onto it. Mixes fine

Anywho, I got home from work yesterday and it was alive. 3 Days was strange. Never had anything take that long

Yeah that's what I was referring to - there's a decent seal on the rim of the bucket

Yeah I was wondering the same - it was stored at room temp for a couple of days prior to brew day.

Yeah I have positive pressure in the airlock and it bubbles when I press the lid down

According to craft a brew , temp range is 54F to 77F and my ambient temp during the day is 59F and maybe 51 over night if we don't have the heating on. Might be a tad cold at night but I have the fermenter wrapped in blankets.

Howdy Folks, Brewed an Irish Red ale over the weekend. Everything went smoothly except I was under on my fermenter batch size which turned out at 19ltr instead of the 20ltr I was aiming for. Not the end of the world. Poured the wort into my fermenter via the tap on my boiler so it's got plenty...

Sipping an elderflower mead while waiting for 5 gallons of Galaxy Smash beer to bottle condition.

I've brewed a couple of ciders which I'd imagine would be similar to a ginger beer?I've had one or two go below 1.000 so let it ride for a couple of days and check again with your new hydrometer. If its still at 1.000 then fermentation is done.

I had this exact same question - how long does 0 min hop addition stay? I cut the heat, add my zero minute hop addition and let it sit for 10 mins. Takes spider out and chill

its maybe 60% clear, can see your fingers through it but cant read through it

Its sitting in pretty new swing top bottles. Yeah I reckon its just been too cold.

Howdy Folks, Made up a gallon batch of elderflower mead. It turned out pretty good but I wanted to carbonate it. Recipe: 1800g Irish wildflower honey (I think - I dont have my notes) 3 liters of dried elderflower leaf tea and topped up to the gallon Mangrove Jacks Mead yeast teaspoon of...

Thanks! I was dubious about doing it too! As for priming, I plan on bottling Thursday evening so will go with something like 80g of table sugar dissolved I'm some water (I've read it's 1 part water to 2 parts sugar so 40ml of water?) pour it into my 20 liters of wort in the bottling bucket...